ML14035A538

Requalification Program Inspection - Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Plant

ML14035A538
Person / Time
Site:	Farley
Issue date:	01/31/2014
From:	Widmann M NRC/RGN-II/DRS/OLB
To:	Lynch T Southern Nuclear Operating Co
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REGION II 245 PEACHTREE CENTER AVENUE NE, SUITE 1200 ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303-1257 January 31, 2014 Mr. T. A. Lynch Vice President Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.

Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Plant P.O. Drawer 470, BIN B500 Ashford, AL 36312

SUBJECT:

REQUALIFICATION PROGRAM INSPECTION - JOSEPH M. FARLEY NUCLEAR PLANT

Dear Mr. Lynch:

In a telephone conversation on January 27, 2014, Mr. Phillip G. Capehart, Senior Operations Examiner, and Mr. Randy Odom, Lead Instructor for Operations Continuing Training, arranged for the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to inspect the licensed operator requalification program at Farley Nuclear Plant. The inspection is planned for the week of March 10, 2014, which coincides with your regularly scheduled requalification examination cycle. The staff at your facility should prepare and conduct the requalification examinations in accordance with your NRC-approved requalification program. It is our understanding that you have committed to maintain your plant-referenced simulator in accordance with ANSI/ANS-3.5-1985, American National Standard for Nuclear Power Plant Simulators for Use in Operator Training and Examination.

In accordance with 10 CFR 55.59, the NRC has requested that you submit (by February 17, 2014, or make ready upon arrival), the material as specified in the Enclosure, in order to support the NRC's inspection program needs. Mr. Odom has been advised of this request and was provided the name and address of the NRC lead inspector assigned to this inspection.

This letter contains information collections that are subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq.). These information collections were approved by the Office of Management and Budget, approval number Part 55 (3150-0018), which expires on April 30, 2016.

The public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average four hours per response, including the time for reviewing instructions, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of information. Send comments on any aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing the burden, to the Information and Records Management Branch (T-6 F33), U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, or by Internet electronic mail at infocollectsresource@nrc.gov, and to the Desk Officer, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, NEOB-10202, (3150-0101), Office of Management and Budget, Washington, DC 20503.

T. Lynch 2 The NRC may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB approval number.

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRCs Rules of Practice, a copy of this letter, and its Enclosure will be available electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public Document Room, or from the Publicly Available Records (PARS) component of NRCs document system (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. (The Public Electronic Reading Room).

Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. If you have any questions regarding this inspection please contact Mr. Phillip Capehart at (404) 997-4626, (Internet E-mail:

Phillip.Capehart@nrc.gov), or me at (404) 997-4550, (Internet E-mail:

Malcolm.Widmann@nrc.gov).

Sincerely,

/RA: Eugene Guthrie for/

Malcolm T. Widmann, Chief Operations Branch 1 Division of Reactor Safety Docket Nos. 50-348, 50-364 License Nos. NPF-2, NPF-8

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Materials Request List The items listed below are necessary to support the Licensed Operator Requalification Program inspection (IP-71111.11) in March 2014 at the Farley Nuclear Plant. Items listed under In-office inspection material, must be received in the NRC Region II office by February 17, 2014. Items listed under On-site inspection material, should be ready for review upon arrival of the inspectors on March 10, 2014.

A. In-office inspection material:

1. Complete list of all licensed individuals (active and inactive; RO and SRO) including license restrictions.

2. Copy of an Organizational Chart for the training department including simulator staff.

3. Spreadsheets and/or test outlines which show the usage of written examination questions, JPMs, and simulator scenarios (i.e. outlines/sample plans).

4. Copy of the weekly examination schedules for the weeks that the 2014 annual operating exams will be administered, including a list of personnel scheduled for testing the week of March 10, 2014.

5. Copies of the written examinations that were, or will be, administered for the 2014 biennial requalification examination (for all weeks), including all re-take examinations, if applicable (exam security related item).

6. Ten (10) job performance measures (JPMs), both simulator and in-plant, and six (6) simulator scenarios associated with the current annual operating test. The scenarios to be reviewed should include those that will be administered the week of March 10, 2014, with any remaining JPMs and scenarios reviewed selected from other weeks of the annual operating test (exam security related item).

7. Self-assessment reports, corrective action reports, and Licensee Event Reports, written since the last requalification inspection, resulting from, or concerning human performance errors, including any examination security issues.

8. A copy of site procedure(s) governing the conduct (process and content) of license operator requalification training (classroom and simulator), examination development/administration, remedial training, and examination security.

9. A copy site procedure(s) governing simulator configuration control, maintenance, and fidelity, including all testing methods used to fulfill ANSI/ANS-3.5-1985 requirements.

10. Copy of the program evaluation of the previous biennial requalification cycle.

B. On-site inspection material:

1. Requalification training attendance records for the current biennial training cycle.

2. Examination results since last requalification inspection (weekly operating & written examinations), copies of examinations with pass/failure rates outside the average.

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3. Simulator scenarios and JPMs (in-plant and simulator) that have been, or will be, administered for this requalification exam (exam security related item).

4. All training feedback forms since the last requalification inspection.

5. Documentation regarding all remedial training conducted for examination failures since the last requalification inspection.

6. Complete list of all individuals that reactivated their licenses since the last requalification inspection.

7. Records associated with license reactivation, including:

a. Documentation of time on shift under instruction.

b. Security system and HP/dosimetry records for plant areas toured by reactivating individual and accompanying licensed operator.

8. Records providing documentation of maintenance of active license status (time on shift) for all licensed operators since last requalification inspection.

9. Medical records for all licensed (active and inactive) operators.

10. Simulator maintenance and testing records, including:

a. List of all open simulator discrepancies.

b. List of all simulator discrepancies closed within the past 12 months.

c. List of simulator performance tests.

d. Simulator performance testing records and associated documentation.